The 1945 Broadway Consolidated Liberator crash occurred on 22 November 1945 when a Royal Air Force Consolidated Liberator C Mk VIII transport crashed shortly after take-off from RAF Merryfield with the loss of all 27 on board.
[1] The Liberator (serial number KH126) was being operated by 53 Squadron on a trooping flight from RAF Merryfield to India.
It struck a tree and crashed at White's Farm near Broadway Pound, six miles from the airfield.
[1] It burst into flames with the loss of the five-man crew (all but one were Polish) and 22 Army passengers.
Low visibility and poor weather conditions were considered as contributory factors.